The head of government visited on Friday, “AvtoVAZ” and held in Togliatti meeting “On the current state of the automotive industry and the main directions of its development strategy for the period up to 2025″.

“In 2015, the auto industry has received state support in the amount of 43 billion rubles. The good effect is given government programs to stimulate demand – fleet renewal, preferential leasing, preferential car loan – reminded Medvedev. – Of the more than 1.5 million new cars or rather 1.6 million, which were purchased last year, more than one third were purchased with special preferential terms and, therefore, on the one hand, 600 thousand. families were able to save money when buying a car, which is important in the current situation is a good indicator and on the other hand, we have the used car industry. This year the course will continue “.

” Now, for obvious reasons, our market continues to show a negative trend, sales of all types of vehicles in the past year decreased Compared to the year 2014 is almost more than a third, “- said the prime minister.

“I want to announce that I have just signed a decree about the government program to support the automobile industry in 2016 Branch will receive in the current year, the largest amount of subsidies from all civil sectors. It is expected that the total amount of funding will be about 50 billion rubles . “- Medvedev said during the meeting.

The money will be allocated in different directions, as in the past year, in Vol. h. Compensation costs for logistics and homologation of vehicles for export from Russia amounted to 3.3 bn.

“We will keep the main measures that have been applied in 2015. Home of them – the fleet renewal program of wheeled vehicles. In addition, the program will be continued preferential car loans and leasing, subsidizing interest on investment loans of our companies to promote the regions in the procurement of municipal engineering to natural gas, and the purchase of trolley buses and trams, “- said Medvedev.

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